Unknown

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Brabham-Hair House

Street Address:

505 East Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, SC

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Site Number:

S108042001400243

Site Number:

41

Date Surveyed:

August 1 1979

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1878

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Construction Method:

frame

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Materials:

shingle

Signficant Architectural Features:

2 story clapboard house with gable roof. Front: asymmetrical, "ABB"; main doorway has rectangular 3-light transom; French doors; front gable with imbricated shingles & diamond-shaped louvered opening. Porch with simple slender monumental square columns (part of porch is in deteriorated condition). Left side facade: 2 2-story projecting bays. Right side: 2-story projecting rectangular bay. OUTBUILDINGS: garage

Alterations:

altered: two-tiered veranda originally on house, changed by Mr. Rentz, a building contractor, who remodeled the house as it now appears.

Historical Information:

Built by C. R. Brabham. The house was later owned by Dr. George F. Hair. In addition to his dentistry practice, Dr. Hair served on the Bamberg Board of Health in 1905 and as mayor of the town 1907-1909.

Source of Historical Information:

"East Railroad Avenue, Bamberg, S. C.";Margaret Lawrence, 111 Felder Street. Bamberg. S. C.

Survey:

Bamberg - City, 1979-1980

Archives Location:

Box 14, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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